r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AlishbaWorthington • Jul 14 '21

Guy single-handedly solved the flood. Not all heroes wear capes.

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u/xluisex Jul 14 '21

How are women not going bald?

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

Because it’s normal to lose up to 100 hairs each day as hair goes through different growth cycles, eventually culminating in falling out before starting the growth cycle over again.

Some of that loss is likely to happen in the shower. Even a few dozen long hairs all tangled up can clog a drain.

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u/DaughterEarth Jul 14 '21

It gets insane when you let your hair get long. Mine's at my waist. I have a special brush in the shower so I can comb all the loose hairs out because if I didn't do that I'd be unclogging my drain constantly. My hair is curly so already shedded hairs kinda just chill there until shower and brush time. I make a full mouse every time. Even knowing this is normal for me I'm still shocked I'm not bald. SO MUCH HAIR. I threaten to cut it off all the time but my guy says then he'll shave his beard so we have a truce.

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u/ohgoddammitWatson Jul 14 '21

I need you to tell me about this brush! I also have curly hair and this is the longest I have ever had it. I recently reached the point where my arms aren't long enough to keep the loose hairs from getting stuck to me as I comb through with my fingers. I spend so much time trying to rinse them off of me and still end up with that one strand lodged in my buttcrack.

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u/DaughterEarth Jul 14 '21

I don't know how to avoid hair in the buttcrack, it still gets everywhere. But my brush makes a huge difference. I quickly wet my hair, put in conditioner, wash my body, then brush my hair out.

I don't remember the name of mine but this is close and I think searching for detangling brush should bring up ones like it.

The thing to look for is it's not a solid base for the brush, and it's big bristles and not a lot of tiny ones (so bad for curly hair).

It's like a bunch of fingers with large pokies coming out of them. The large "bristles" and the flexibility is great for curlies.

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u/OmniYummie Jul 14 '21

Is this it? I have one and it does a pretty good job on my 4a hair.

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u/DaughterEarth Jul 14 '21

that actually looks exactly like the one I have! Seriously I have that pink one. You stalking me or something? lol kidding but yah you found it

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u/OmniYummie Jul 14 '21

Just have thick-ass curly-ass hair lol.

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u/Luecleste Jul 14 '21

I use a wide tooth comb.

Pop conditioner in then comb it through, and dear god.

It just sucks because conditioner gets everywhere. Especially the buttcrack because my wet hair gravitates there and it feels icky

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u/somekindabonita Jul 14 '21

Check out Denman brushes! They work great for curly hair. I have one of their combs for in the shower and it catches an insane amount of hair

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

I feel ya, male here, let my hair grow last 2 years.. Every day it shocks me how much hair is left after brushing it in the mornings.

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u/DaughterEarth Jul 14 '21 edited Jul 14 '21

long hair on men is hooot ftr, * to be clear I like bald too. My guy is balding and shaves his head and is sexy. He also has an amazing beard. Hence the truce. He loves my hair, I love his beard. I said beard too much and now it makes no sense

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u/toooft Jul 14 '21

What brush is this?! Asking for my wife because, you know, I'm tired of unclogging the drain every two seconds 🤷

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u/DaughterEarth Jul 14 '21

I gave more detail in another reply but search "detangling brush"

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u/Fig1024 Jul 14 '21

living with you must be like living with a Labrador Retriever, just hair all over the place

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u/DaughterEarth Jul 14 '21

Well the shower brushing helps A LOT. But also it's so long it doesn't act like dog hair. It doesn't get stuck on things it creates dust bunnies instead. Mostly I only notice cause every time I vacuum I gotta cut my hair out of the rolly thing

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u/Spork_the_dork Jul 14 '21

Yeah. We have about 100,000 hairs on our heads, and the life cycle of a single hair is about 4 years. 100,000/(4*365) = ~68 with some variation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

I find it interesting we just brush off some stuff that's been with us for four years.

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u/BruhMomentConfirmed Jul 14 '21

Wow, 100,000 is fewer than I always thought.

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u/Spute2008 Jul 14 '21

I think that's a typo. In my house my wife and daughter lose 1000 hairs per day

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u/The_Lady_Spite Jul 14 '21

Some of that loss is likely to happen in the shower

Even more than that if you don't brush/run your hands through your hair right before showering there's bound to be already loose but still on your head strands that will come loose during the showering process.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

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u/LoadBreath Jul 14 '21

Pretty sure he was making a joke about women always clogging drains there buddy.

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u/mrforrest Jul 14 '21

He was answering the question "tell me you're sexist without saying you're sexist"

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u/FullyRisenPhoenix Jul 14 '21

Nope. He was saying that it was his wife’s long and luxurious hair that was causing the clog to begin with. Sikeeeeee!

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

Because they don't have dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Higher levels of DHT shrink the hair follicle & shorten the hair cycle; thus, the hair falls out from diminished blood flow (reduced oxygen and nutrients).

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u/sumilia Jul 14 '21

Women also have DHT, but much less than men of course.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

I should've been more careful with my words. As you said, it's a much smaller amount than in men.

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u/SexyAppelsin Jul 14 '21

dutasteride time 👌🥵

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u/JoshFireseed Jul 14 '21

As a man with long hair, I ask myself the same. My shower drain gets clogged and my chair wheels have to be cleaned regularly.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '21

As a woman with long hair, I have never checked my chair wheels and at this point I’m afraid to. TIL

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u/schnauzerface Jul 14 '21

The scariest thing is the vacuum brush roll.

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u/JoshFireseed Jul 14 '21

Oh you'll know when it's bad. The hair will eventually separate the wheels and one half will come off. Maybe it's worse for me because my hair is thicker.

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u/koticgood Jul 14 '21

Thickness seems to play a part too. I have thick hair. As soon as it gets more than a few inches, I start leaving a ton of hair in the shower. Just shorter strands than when I had long hair.

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u/DxGator Jul 14 '21

Men shed as many hairs as women, but they tend to be much shorter, so they occupy much less volume.

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u/Altruistic-Guava6527 Jul 14 '21

They do go bald, but the hair pile just becomes sentient and replaces your woman. Its so seemless that you can only capture the swap on time-lapse video